Oldest elephant in North America dies at age 71 at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Oldest elephant in North America dies at age 71 at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

Posted Wednesday, January 19, 2011 10:05 PM | Contributed by Jeff

Taj, the oldest elephant in North America, has died at age 71 at a California theme park, after years of performing for crowds and painting on canvas. Taj far surpassed the 45-year average life expectancy for Asian elephants, Nancy Chan, a spokeswoman for Six Flags Discovery Kingdom -- where the animal lived in the Northern California city of Vallejo -- said on Tuesday.

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kpjb

Thursday, January 20, 2011 7:10 PM

I'm too sick and lazy to look up the thread now, but in one of the Sea World threads someone was asking/speculating on the livespans of animals in captivity. This is a nice flipside to the animals dying young stories.